Dear Parents and Carers,

Kind regards

Mrs D Hudson

Headteacher

To try and avoid delays and for the welfare of staff, we are organising our appointments differently this year.

• Please do not bring your children with you. Staff feel able to have a much more open discussion, without the children present.
• All meetings with teachers will take place in the hall.
• Please ensure that you are ready at your appointment - Arrive five minutes before the time you have selected.
• You will be directed into the hall at the appointment time.
• At the end of the allocated 10 minute slot the bell will ring and you are asked to leave the hall via the one-way system.
• You are invited to view your child’s work in their classroom between 3.30 pm and 6.00 pm on Wednesday 22^nd March, but teachers will not be present to discuss their progress with you at this time.

Towards the end of term we will be holding a number of Easter Events including our traditional Easter Assemblies. To comply with Fire Regulations entrance will be by ticket only.

• Thursday 30^th March 2.00pm – Key Stage 2 Easter Assembly.
• Friday 31^st March 9.00am – Reception and Key Stage 1 Easter Bonnet Parade – we look forward to seeing your creations!

For both events, one ticket per child will be issued in the first instance. Please return any unwanted tickets to school. If you require an additional ticket, for the Key Stage 2 assembly, please contact the school office.

In addition Key Stage 2 children can enter our competition to decorate a hard boiled egg.  Please bring the eggs to the school on Wednesday 29^th March and take them to the classroom. The eggs will then be taken to the Bungalow where they will be on display after school for children, parents and carers to see.

This week the governors met for the termly Local Authority Meeting. It was a packed agenda where governors discussed amongst other things, staffing and the challenges we face with the budget for the new financial year. We know that the changes due to maternity leave has been a concern for some parents, but governors were reassured that the school is working hard to minimise the impact on children’s learning. As we look to September we trust that we will see more stability.

As mentioned in the last newsletter we now have two Co-opted Governor vacancies and are particular interested to hear about anyone you know of who may be interested in supporting their local community school and has skills in HR or building management. Please speak to Mrs Hudson if you know of someone suitable.

Next up we have the Year 5 & 6 boys Cluster Schools Football Tournament on Wednesday 22^nd and Wednesday 29^th March at Redhill School. Good look boys!

Mr Lamb

This Weeks attendance 

Whole School - 96.83%

Reception - 99.00%

Year 1 – 98.67%

Year 2 – 100.00%

Year 3 – 92.86%

Year 4 – 96.67%

Year 5 – 99.33%

Year 6 – 91.00%

Well done Year 2!

We continue to monitor attendance on a regular basis and the governors discussed the attendance report at their meeting this week. It is good to see the number of children who have Persistent Absence (attendance of less than 90%) is falling. Please remember that there is lots of help to promote good attendance.

• We can arrange a meeting in school to discuss concerns and together, agree on strategies and support that we can put in place.
• For ongoing medical concerns, we can make a referral (with your agreement) to the school nurse, who can make contact with yourself to offer support.
• With your consent, we can make a referral to Early Help, which can help both children and families with varying needs. Early Help is here to find out what is working well for families and what areas they might be worried about; it can help to build on families’ strengths and identify any needs where support might be needed. It is an approach that brings people together from different teams and services who work together with the whole family. The main focus is to improve outcomes for children.

 If you feel you need any support from school to help improve your child’s attendance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Mrs Hudson is the Designated Safeguarding Lead and any concerns should be shared with her or the Deputy Safeguarding Leads – Mrs Hadley and Miss Beddoes.  Where child protection concerns are raised, the school has a statutory duty to refer these concerns to children’s social care.

We have received some information this week from the Child Accident Prevention Trust regarding Rogue on-line sellers.

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